TRUAX AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA v. RAICH (1915)

TRUAX AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA v. RAICH
	Term: 1915
Important Dates
	Argued: October 15, 1915
	Decided: November 1, 1915
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	James Clark McReynolds

TRUAX AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA v. RAICH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 1, 1915. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1915.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Employability of aliens (cf. immigration and naturalization)
Petitioner: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 239 U.S. 33
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.